With the U.S. midterm elections approaching quickly, several high-profile candidates with links to democratic socialist ideas look likely to win office — a situation that would have been extremely surprising not too long ago, as any kind of socialism was once a major taboo in American politics.
So what changed? TIME's Olivia B. Waxman took a look at the history of democratic socialism in the U.S., and you can click here to read all about it.
Here's more of the history that made news this week:
'His intervention in the primaries was the most dramatic since the 1938 purge campaign,' one expert in presidential history says of President Trump's midterm season
"Reaction in the U.S. and abroad ranged from dismay to a kind of shocked ribaldry," TIME reported the following week
FROM THE TIME VAULT
70 Years Ago: The Age of Psychiatry
“Psychiatry is not yet 60 years old; it is the youngest and most controversial branch of medicine. But psychiatry's solemn clinical lingo has been snatched up, misused and overused by the man in the street. Parents and teachers speak knowingly of ‘inferiority complexes.’ The comic strips and the movies refer familiarly to ‘frustrations’ and ‘repressions.’ Psychiatry has been hotly debated and bitterly denounced by clerics (it seems to poach on their preserves), by Communists (it puts too much emphasis on the individual), by materialists (it claims that illness need not have a physical basis)—and even by some doctors.” (Oct. 25, 1948)
“The vast majority of our kids, the ones we love and never read about, make it through high school intact, without incident. They do the reading and sing in the choir and bag groceries after school and buy the class T shirt and don't pierce anything below their ears. And yet everything that happens to them is huge. Everybody matters: the teacher who hoists students' ambitions up to meet their potential, or the one who just ignores whatever they say until they stop saying anything; the nurse who takes students into her home to keep them from falling apart; the classmate who teaches loyalty; the coach who instills some discipline. Sometimes the lessons inside the classroom are the least of it.” (Oct. 25, 1982)
“A cold, frosty dawn broke over Moscow while the stars slowly died out. Automobiles, busses and tram cars already fill the streets with life, but now for the fourth day this is a different life from the one we ' were used to when Moscow was not only the heart of Russia and the most beautiful city, but also the cradle of all that is best in the Russian genius. Moscow has taken to arms. Moscow is preparing to fight. A Russian radio announcer spoke thus from Moscow. If Moscow is Russia's heart, the ancient 19-towered fortress of the Kremlin is Moscow's heart. At a desk in a long room at the heart of the Kremlin, a grey-shocked big-chested man sat, making decisions. In Joseph Stalin's tough heart was locked Russia's future.” (Oct. 27, 1941)
Getting Angry Historian Joanne Freeman has written an op-ed for The Atlantic about why history suggests that the “politics of rage” could backfire on modern Republicans who have embraced it as a tactic.
What Churchill Really Thought In the new issue of Smithsonian magazine, Andrew Roberts writes about how Winston Churchill, though better known for his deep cooperation with Franklin Roosevelt, was more critical of his ally than it seemed.
The Saboteur This obituary of anti-Nazi saboteur Joachim Ronneberg, by Robert D. McFadden for the New York Times, is equal parts gripping adventure tale and significant history lesson.
Old Master Here’s a little art history: Benjamin Sutton writes for Artsy about the 17th century baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi, and why the art market is suddenly so interested in her work.
She’s First This week, Olivette Otele became the first known black woman ever to hold the title of history professor in the U.K.; here, Quartz’s Cassie Werber highlights the news.
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